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Calcutta Travel Guide

Once the centre of modern education, science, culture and politics in India, Calcutta witnessed economic rejuvenation that has led to a spurt in the city's growth in the last 10 years. Calcutta is the main business, commercial and financial hub of eastern India.

About Calcutta

Calcutta covers an area of 571 sq. miles (1480 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 4.9 million people being the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration and the fourth-largest city in India.

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South Park Street Cemetery

This is Kolkata’s most famous cemetery, where monumental gravestones and lichen- and moss-covered tombstones to large numbers of ill-fated Brits buried on Indian soil provide a tranquil retreat. A really atmospheric place to wander around, the cemetery contains headstones that bear unlikely epitaphs like MAJ. GEN. C. GREEN DIED 51TH OF JULY.



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